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Author: 

U.S.  Interstate  Commerce 
Commission 

Title: 

Rules  pertaining  to 
operating  statistics  of... 

Place: 

Washington,  D.C. 

Date: 

1919 


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INTERSTATE  COMMERCE  COMMISSION 


RULES  PERTAINING  TO 
OPERATING  STATISTICS  OF 
LARGE  STEAM  RAILWAYS 


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CSetTMI  B.  AncBSBOK,  Chairman, 
Edoab  E.  Olabx. 
Cbaxles  C.  McChobd. 
Bai/thasar  H.  Mstm. 
Henry  C.  Hall. 

WlNTHROP  M.  DanIKLS. 

Robert  W.  Woollky. 
Joseph  B.  Eastman. 

Gbobob  B.  McGinty,  Secretary, 

(2) 


iv 


InTEBSTATB  Ck>MMEBCE  CoMMISSIOH, 

TFo^Mfi^on,  December  1, 1919, 

To  Cabbiebs  by  Steam  Railway: 

The  annexed  rules  pertaining  to  operating  statistics  are  intended 

.  'to  continue,  with  slight  modifications,  the  compilation  by  Class  I 
steam  railways  of  the  basic  data  required  on  the  forms  on  which 
operating  statistics  are  now  reported  to  the  United  States  Railroad 
Administration.  Such  data  will  be  reported  in  full  in  the  annual 
report  forms  and  a  part  of  them  will  be  reported  monthly  as  specified 
in  Schedule  II  of  the  rules. 

Though  the  order  has  been  made  eflFective  as  of  January  1,  1920, 
the  monthly  reports  will  not  be  required  by  the  Interstate  Commerce 
Commission  while  the  present  monthly  reports  of  operating  statistics 

are  made  to  the  United  States  Railroad  Administration, 
uuoi"— Id  (3) 


OSDEB, 


At  a  General  Session  of  the  INTERSTATE  COMMERCE 

COMMISSION,  held  at  its  office  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
on  the  1st  day  of  December,  A.  D.,  1919. 

The  subject  of  operating  statistics  being  under  considfiration,  the 
following  order  was  entered: 
r      ■      His  ordered,  That — 

C  1.  B^inning  with  January  1,  1920,  and  thefeafter  until  oth^- 

wise  ordered,  carriers  by  steam  railway  of  Class  I,  other  than  switch- 
ing and  terminal  companies,  shall  record  currently  and  report  annually 
the  operating  statistics  as  outlined  and  defined  in  Schedule  I  annexed, 
which  is  made  a  part  of  this  order. 

2.  B^inning  with  January  1,  1920,  and  thereafter  until  other- 
wise (»rdsred,  carriers  by  steam  railway  of  Class  I,  other  than  switch- 
ing and  teraunal  oompanleB,  sAiail  mpoftt  mmithly  the  c^ien^mg 
statistics  specified  in  Schedule  11  annexed,  which  is  made  a  part  el 
this  order. 

3.  The  statistics  specified  in  Schedule  I  shall  be  reported  in  the 
I         regular  annual  reports  of  carriers  to  the  Interstate  Commerce  Com- 

mission.  Those  specified  in  Schedule  II  shall  be  forwarded  monthly 
to  the  Bureau  of  Statistics,  Interstate  Commerce  Commission, 
Washmgton,  D.  C,  within  30  days  following  the  close  of  the  bkhi^ 
to  which  they  refer,  except  as  to  rev^ue  passengm  and  passenger- 
miles  and  revenue  tons  and  ton-miles,  the  report  concerning  which 
shall  be  forwarded  within  60  days  following  the  close  of  the  month 
to  which  they  refer.  Tliis  order  is  not  intended  to  abrogate  the 
Classification  of  Train-Miles,  Locomotive-Miles,  and  Car-Miles  for 
Steam  Roads  prescribed  by  this  C<»nmission  and  effective  on  July  1, 
1914,  nor  to  cancel  requirements  as  to  operating  statistics  heretofore 
called  for  in  annual  reports, 
f_  By  the  Commission: 

[seal.]  Geoege  B.  McGinty, 

Secretary, 

(5) 


• 


BULES  PERTAINING  TO  OPERATING  STATISTICS 
OF  LARGE  STEAM  £AILWAY& 


1.  Average  aujnber  of  miles  of  road  or  first  ranning  trade  operated, 
and  of  other  laain  tracks,  not  iiududiiig  yard  tracks  and  skUnipSy 
should  be  ^own  for  freight  service  and  mixed  service  ctNoabined,  and 
also  for  passenger  service  and  mixed  service  combined. 

2.  Train-miles,  locomotive-miles,  and  car-miles  should  be  reported 
in  accordance  with  the  classification  of  July  1,  1914.  In  addition,  the 
direction  of  movement  should  be  shown;  that  is,  whether  east  or  west. 
Where  movement  of  traffic  as  a  whole  is  not  east  or  west,  north  should 
be  substituted  for  east  and  south  f<Hr  west,  or  north  and  south  should 
be  oombined  with  eaal  and  wesi  aeeotding  to  traffic  movement. 
W<Mrk  equipment  oarHtnfles  in  transportation  serviee  freight  traina 
should  also  be  segregated.  For  comparisons  with  operating  expenses 
under  section  10,  Schedule  I,  train-miles  and  locomotive-miles  should 
also  be  reported  in  the  following  form: 


Glass  of  service. 

Tiain- 

Locomotive- 
miles. 

Total  

1  Including  a  proportion  of  mixed  and  special  train  sefvioes  based  on  car-miles  in  mixed  and  special 


3.  Gross  ton-miles  in  freight  transportation  service  should  be  re- 
ported as  outlined  below.  Gross  ton-miles  are  defined  as  tons  of 
2,000  pounds  behind  locomotive  tender  (cars,  contents,  and  caboose) 
moved  1  mile.  They  are  to  be  computed  from  conductors'  train  re- 
ports. Osxm  ton-iniles  in  mixed-Mn  and  special-train  services 
should  be  computed  from  conductors'  train  reports  in  the  same 
manner  as  gross  ton-miles  in  freight- train  service,  but  should  include 
only  the  gross  tons  of  freight  oars  and  their  contents,  and  of  the 
caboose.  Direction  of  movement  should  be  shown  as  provided  in 
paragraph  2«  - 

(7) 


Qwitiwimilii. 


Class  of  freight  service. 

East. 

West. 

Total. 

4.  Rating  ton-milos  in  freight-train  sorvioc  only  shall  be  reported 
by  direction  of  movement  as  indicated  in  paragraph  2.  Rating  ton- 
miles  are  defined  as  potential  gross  ton-miles  which  would  be  pro- 
duced were  all  trams  loaded  to  100  per  cent  of  the  slow  freight  rating 
for  nannal  sannner  weather  e<mditions,  with  allowance  for  changes 
in  rating  orer  aecticms  of  tiie  nm.  Wbm  the  potential  trainload  in  the 
direction  of  f  aroring  grades  is  expressed  in  nnmber  of  cars,  an  arbi- 
trary' tonnage  rating  should  be  used  as  the  basis  for  rating  ton-miles. 

5.  Net  ton-miles,  revenue  and  nonrevenue,  in  freight  transporta- 
tion service  will  be  compiled  from  conductors'  wheel  reports  and  will 
be  reported  as  outlined  below. 


JVirt  Um-miks  of  revenue  and  nowrevenue  freight. 


East 

West. 

I^olal   

The  ton-miies  compiled  from  conductors'  wheel  reports  may  be 
used  as  a  basis  for  arriving  at  the  annual  net  revenue  ton-miles  of 
freight  by  subtracting  the  nonre venue  ton-miles  from  the  total.  If 
net  ton-miles  are  currently  coijipiled  from  waybills,  the  waybill  ton- 
miles  should  be  used  for  net  revenue  ton-miles. 

6.  Train-hours  of  freight  tcian%  both  ordinary  and  light,  not  in- 
eluding  mixed,  special,  or  motor-car  trainsi  shall  be  reported  by 
direction  of  moyement  to  show  the  elapsed  time  of  trains  betwe^ 
the  time  of  leaving  initial  terminals  and  the  time  of  arrival  at  final 
terminals,  including  delays  on  the  road,  as  shown  by  conductors* 
train  reports  or  dispatchers'  train  sheets. 

7.  Tons  of  2,000  pounds  of  coal  consumed  by  locomotives  shall  be 
compiled  by  classes  of  locomotive  service.  Equivalent  coal  tonnage 
for  fuel  oil  used  on  oil-burning  locomotives  ^all  be  included;  and 
the  same  principle  shall  be  applied  to  dectric  locoinotives,  by  in- 


cluding equivalent  net  tons  of  coal,  based  on  K.  W.  H.  per  net  ton 
of  coal  consumed  in  generating  power,  used  by  electric  locomotives. 
Coal  used  in  generating  power  for  electric  multiple  unit  trains  should 
not  be  inciudied.  The  exteoii  to  whidi  electric  locomotives  use  water- 
generated  power  Aaaid  be  stated,  and  the  reporting  earner  aboiikl 
be  prepared  to  furnish  the  k>comottve«miles,  in  fre^t,  pasaenget, 
mixed,  special,  and  switching  services,  the  gross  ton-miles  and 
passenger-train  car-miles  involved  in  trains  propelled  by  such  water- 
generated  power. 

8.  The  distribution  of  locomotive-hours  shall  be  shown  in  the 
l^llowing  form: 


Item. 

Locomotive-hours  in — 

Freight 

train 
setvioe. 

Passen- 

tram 
service. 

Yud 
switdi- 

ing 
service. 

Mixed, 
special, 
and 
work- 
train 
services. 

Total. 

A.  Serviceable  locomotives: 

1.  On  road  or  in  yard  switdi- 

4.  Total  serviceable.   

• 

1  The  total  number  of  boors  divided  Iqr  tbe  nnmter  of  hm  fm  fliB  yfar  will  gtf»  tite  ■  vumti  iniiHir 

of  locomotives. 


All  locomotives  on  the  road,  owned,  leased,  or  rented,  should  be 
included,  but  owned  locomotives  in  service  on  other  roads  should  be 
excluded. 

Ketums  for  item  1  should  represent  the  time  in  productive  road 
(larain  and  switching)  service  and  in  yard  switching  service.  For 
locomotives  in  road  service,  the  returns  shoukl  be  tdien  from  con- 
ductors' train  reports  or  dispatchers'  train  sheets,  and  based  <m  hoius 

from  leaving  time  at  initial  terminal  to  arriving  time  at  final  terminal, 

including  train  switching  time  and  delays  on  road.  For  yard 
switching  service,  the  information  may 

and  based  on  hours  between  the  time  a  locomotive  leaves  engine 
terminal  to  begin  yard  switching  work  and  the  time  it  returns  to 
engine  terminaL 

Returns  for  item  2  (a),  hours  at  terminals,  repres^ts  time  at 
terminals  before  and  after  the  period  of  productive  service,  exclusive 


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of  enginehouse  time  reported  under  2  (b).  For  road  service,  the 
returns  may  be  taken  from  enginehouse  and  yard  records,  and  based 
on  hours  betwe^  the  time  the  locomotiye  is  delivered  to  transporta- 
tm  diparlment  and  the  time  the  looomoiiYe  leaves  inilial  t^raiinal, 
Midbitwa||||l|B^^  and  tiie  lime  tile  Ideomo- 

ixwe  18  deli^iNHPto  engindHyuse  finroes.  For  yard  switching  loco- 
motives, data  are  to  be  taken  from  enginehouse  and  yard  reports, 
and  based  on  hours  between  the  time  the  locomotive  is  delivered  to 
transportation  department  at  engine  terminal  and  the  time  it  leaves 
engine  terminal  for  yard  switching  work;  and  hours  between  the  time 
the  locomotive  reaches  engine  teiminal  at  end  of  dajr  ind  the  Ume 
it  is  delivered  to  engmehooee  iofoes. 

Engines  stored  are  tiiose  nn^  white  lead  or  stored  in  serviceable 
condition  and  available  for  service. 

Unserviceable  locomotives  include  those  awaiting  or  undergoing 
repairs  if  held  more  than  24  hours  on  that  account,  including  unserv- 
iceable locomotives  stored  or  awaiting  sale.  In  distributing  unserv- 
iceable hours  among  classes  of  service/  the  normal  assignment  of  a 
locomotive  may  be  loUowed  if  it  is  not  practicable  to  divide  the  time 
between  the  clameo  ol  service  in  proportion  to  the  mike  or  days  in 
each  dass  <tf  scrvioe  fltnoe  last  general  lepok^ 

9.  In  addition  to  the  stat^nent  of  freight  cars  owned  there  shall  be 
stated  the  number  of  serviceable  cars,  excluding  caboose  and  work 
equipment,  and  including  home,  foreign,  and  cars  of  private  car 
lines,  on  line  daily,  the  number  of  cars  in  or  awaiting  shops  daily, 
including  all  ''bad  order''  cars,  and  the  total  number  of  cars  on  line 
daily.  These  items  should  be  shown  separately  for  lumie  cars  and 
foieign  ears.  Tbe  mmber  ol  the  em  wtiid^  are  stc»ed  and  iMx^ 
aft  indnded  in  mnnber  ol  serviceable  ears  on  line  daily  should 
also  be  shown.  Under  ''cars  stored"  are  to  be  included  only  such 
serviceable  cars  as  are  temporarily  removed  from  transportation 
service  on  accoimt  of  a  falling  off  in  business.  Surplus  cars  not 
definitely  stored  are  not  to  be  included  under  "cars  stored"  nor 
■hoold  bad  order  cars  be  included  under  this  head.  The  number  of 
ean  on  line  dai^  is  to  be  d^eramied  by  an  inventory  talom  on  the 
fimt  day  oi  eadi  month,  w^  a  daily  debit  or  credit  adjustment  from 
ihe  summary  of  the  interchange  reports  and  the  repair  track  and 
shop  reports.  The  annual  figures  reported  wiU  be  the  average  of  the 
monthly  figures  obtained  by  dividing  the  sums  of  the  cars  on  the  line 
each  day  by  the  calendar  days  in  the  month. 

10.  The  following  primary  escpense  accounts  shall  be  reported  with 
the  WMMfiflfii^ifflm  indicaled: 


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Item. 


(1)  Locomotive  repairs  (accounts  308  and  311,  but  excluding 

yard  switching  locomotives)  

(2)  Tndn  enginemen  (accounts  392  and  393,  including  wages  of 

motomMa  on  electric  locomotives  but  ezclikdiag  wnges  ni 

motormen  can  pnotor-car  trains)  

(3)  Fuel  for  train  locomotives  (account  394,  including  electric 
locomotive  proportion  and  excluding  motor-car  train  pro- 


servioe.^ 


portion  of  accounts  395  and  396) . . . 
(4)  Other  looomotive  aupjiliai  (including  acoonnti  397, 393,  and 


399). 


(b)  En^nehouse  expenses — train  (account  400)  

(6)  Trunm^  (account  401,  exchiding  conductinB  and  ttalnmen 

of  motor-car  trains)  

(7)  Train  supplies  and  expenses  (account  402,  excluding  all 

chaiges  on  account  of  motor-car  trains)  


TbtU  wioctid  acecnats. 


>  ^iM^iffBg  a  proportUm  of  muted  and  special  train  expenses  on  the  basis  of  car-miles  in  mixed  and 

SCHEDULE  IL 

Returns  in  accordance  with  the  following  outlines  in  Schedule  II 
are  to  be  made  for  each  month,  beginning  with  January,  1920, 
including  comparative  items  for  the  same  month  of  the  preceding 
year.  CNmudatiYe  Sfipgam  from  the  beginning  of  the  year  should  also 
be  shown. 

1.  Average  mileage  operated: 


Item. 

In 
freight 

and 
mixed 
aervice. 

In  pas- 
senger 
and 
mixed 
service. 

In  all 
services. 

2.  TraiiiHaifles  and  looomotiTeHnOes: 

Train-mUea  and  locomotive-mUes  &y  dma  of  service. 


ClafiSjof  service. 


Freight  train... 
Passenger  train. 

Mixed  train  

Special  train... 
Motor-car  tndn. 


Total  

Work  seevim.... 
Freight  smrvice  *. 


stfvice 


Tiain- 


Looomotive- 


1  Including  a  pn»ortiQii  of  mUed  and  special  train  service  based  on  freight  and  passenger  car-miles  ia 
mixed  and  tpmULmaa. 


12 


S.  CW-miloB: 

CkBhmUa  hjf  ciatM  of  $arvioe. 


.  I!reight-tain 

Passen- 
ger 

train 

car- 
miles. 

car- 
Boles. 

Work 

ment 
car- 
miles. 

Loaded. 

Empty. 

Special  tnm  

Work  equipment  in  tiansporta- 

4.  Ours  on  line: 


Item. 

Home 
cars. 

Foreign 
cars. 

Total. 

(«)  Number  of  cars  on  line  daily: 

(1)  Serviceable  

(2)  In  or  awaiting  shops,  including  all  "bad 

(3)  Total  

(b)  Number  ti  earn  itoped  imdnded  in  (a)  (1)  

Wm  d^lnitlaii  of  torais  tttdcr  mhaw  hmi,  an  Scibedid»  I,  par.  9. 


5.  Gross  ton-miles: 

Frei^^t  train  service  ,  ,   

Mixed  train  service — ^freight   

Special  tndn  service— frei|^t   

Total  freight  gross  ton-miles   

6.  Net  ton-miles,  iweniie  and  nonrer^iiey  in  freight,  mixed,  and 
special  services,  from  conductors'  train  reports. 

7.  Number  of  revenue  tons  carried  and  number  of  revenue  tons 
carried  one  mile. 

8.  Number  of  revenue  passengers  carried  and  number  of  revenue 
passengers  carried  one  mile. 

9.  S^cted  GpmJtimg  tm&me  and  expense  accounts  separated 
between  freight  serviee  and  passenger  and  aBied  services  ac^rdii^ 
to  rules  prescribed. 


13 


Item. 


[1)  LocomoUve  repairs  (accounts  308  and  311,  but  excluding 

yard  switching  locom  oti ves)  

[2)  Train  enginemen  (accounts  392  and  393,  including  wages  of 

motormen  on  electric  locomotives  but  excluding  wages  of 
motormen  on  motor-car  trains  

[8)  Fuel  for  train  locomotiyes  (accounts  394,  including  elec^c 
locomotive  proportion  and  excluding  motCMr-car  tndn  pro- 
portion of  accounts  395  and  396)  

4)  Other  looomotiye  supplies  (including  accounts  397,  398^ 
and  399)   * 

b)  Enginehouse  expenses— train  (account  400). ! 

6)  Trainmen  (account  401,  excluding  conductors  and  trainmen 

of  mot(H*-car  trains)  

7)  Tiain  supplies  and  expenses  (account  4(^*  'exdu<uii 'idi 
charges  on  account  of  motor-car  truns)  

8^  Freight  revenue  (account  101)  . 

9)  Passenger  revenue  (account  102)  "  '.  '.  '.  '.  '.  '.  .  .  [  ..  I  I  '. 

Total— selected  acoouiits  


Freight 
service.* 


FlBsseiigier' 
seryiee.^ 


10.  Quaniitj  and  cost  of  fuel: 

(1)  Net  tons  and  total  cost  of  coal  charged  to  accoimt  394. 

(2)  Galkns  and  total  cost  of  oil  chaiged  to  accoimt  394. 


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